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The Actor: Ewan McGregorThe Movies: The Pillow Book, Velvet Goldmine, Young Adam, Trainspotting, many more...The Naked Truth: It's probably safe to go out on a limb here and say that Ewan McGregor likes to be naked. (He's even spoken about his love of nudity and the "rush" he gets from going full frontal). The actor notably spends much of erotic thriller The Pillow Book in his birthday suit acting as a human canvas for his calligraphy-obsessed lover. Who knew penmanship could be so sexy?
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The Actor: Michael FassbenderThe Movie: ShameThe Naked Truth: For starring in a film called Shame, Michael Fassbender sure doesn't seem to have any. The actor plays a sex addict in the heavy drama whose carefully-constructed life is thrown into a tailspin when his sister comes to stay with him indefinitely. There's no shortage of sex in the film, but the full-frontal reveal is more sad than steamy (he goes to the bathroom), and the shots that follow (a masturbation scene, sexual encounter with his boss, and orgy at the end of the film) are generally just as miserable.
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The Actor: Jude LawThe Movie: The Talented Mr. Ripley The Naked Truth: That's right. Before he was a young, rule-breaking pope, Jude Law played a rich, bratty, pants-dropping playboy aptly named Dickie who spent his days basking in the Italian sunshine. After playing some bathtub chess rife with homoerotic subtext with his pal Tom Ripley (Matt Damon), Law's elusive "talent" lurks in the shadows when he emerges from the tub while an admiring Tom looks on.
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The Actor: Tom HardyThe Movie: BronsonThe Naked Truth: Hardy notoriously never has a hard time dropping his kit, and biopic Bronson was no exception. The actor beefed up big-time to play infamous prisoner Michael Gordon Peterson (later renamed Charles Bronson by his fight promoter), and he had no hesitation getting down and dirty to perform fight scenes butt naked and greased in war paint.
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The Actor: Harvey KeitelThe Movies: Bad Lieutenant & The Piano The Naked Truth: The 90s were not a bad time for Mr. Keitel, and he certainly wasn't one to shy away from unmasking his modesty. As a corrupt cop in 1992's Bad Lieutenant, he does a lot of drugs, has sex with a lot of hookers, masturbates in front of teenagers, and eventually cries in the nude. A year later in The Piano, he ditched his pants again as the lover of a mute pianist (Holly Hunter).
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The Actor: Bruce WillisThe Movie:The Color of Night The Naked Truth: Whatchu talkin' bout, Willis? Well, he gives us a lot to talk about here. While Color of Night was largely glossed over due to its NC-17 rating, this erotic mystery thriller happens to feature a very sneaky cameo from John McClane's nether regions in a steamy pool sex scene.
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The Actor: Jason SegelThe Movie: Forgetting Sarah MarshallThe Naked Truth: It's pretty hard to forget this one, as it is loud and proud and in broad daylight. In his comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Segel famously stripped down for Kristen Bell in what inevitably became the most awkward breakup scene of all time. (Even more awkward? This scene was based on one of Segel's real breakups).
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The Actor: Richard GereThe Movie:American Gigolo The Naked Truth: Gear up for this one, y'all. During his years of prime babe-dom, Richard Gere strutted his stuff as a shallow male prostitute in American Gigolo. In what became one of the most buzzed-about bare performances of the 80s, Gere left nothing to the imagination in an attempt to clear his name during a murder investigation. Gere later said that the nudity wasn't even in the script - it was just in the "natural process" of making the film.
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The Actor: Kevin BaconThe Movie: Wild ThingsThe Naked Truth: Talk about a wild thing, amiright? There was no particular reason for Kevin Bacon to strip down in this film best known for its Denise Richards/Neve Campbell pool-set girl-on-girl encounter, but the scene still exists. Bacon casually emerges from the shower after he's tossed a towel as if the cameras aren't even around and puts his whole package on display. Fun fact: Bacon's actually gone full-frontal several times, and has been a vocal advocate for more male nudity in films.
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The Actor: Ben AffleckThe Movie: Gone GirlThe Naked Truth: Okay, so you probably hadn't forgotten this one, but was there ever a more think-pieced penis than Ben Affleck's 'blink-and-you'll-miss-it' business in Gone Girl? The quick glimpse as he climbs into the shower leaves barely enough for us to censor, but if you're lost in the dark subject matter of the film, the side-peen comes as a surprise.
[Where to Stream Gone Girl]